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Census projects slight growth in Kan. population
(AP) - New estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show modest population growth in Kansas, with the Fort Riley area ranking as the state's fastest-gaining region. Census data released Thursday projects that Kansas gained about 15,500 residents from...
Tags: Demographics, United States Census Bureau
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After boom and bust, Sun Belt cities see glimmers again
WASHINGTON -- With their economies and housing markets gaining strength, some of the nation's biggest boom-to-bust cities in the Sun Belt are starting to become magnets again, attracting a growing number of people primarily from the northern part of the...
Tags: Demographics, Syracuse, Brookings Institution
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Census: Record 1 in 3 US counties are now dying
WASHINGTON (AP) — A record number of U.S. counties — more than 1 in 3 — are now dying off, hit by an aging population and weakened local economies that are spurring young adults to seek jobs and build families elsewhere. New 2012...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Labor Markets, Rick Snyder, University of New Hampshire, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida)
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Baltimore's population up, following decades of loss
Baltimore, coming off six decades of population decline, grew by 1,100 residents in 12 months, according to government estimates released Thursday. "It's such amazing news. … It's huge psychologically," said Seema D. Iyer, a former research chief...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, 2010 Census, Fells Point, DREAM Act, Mexico
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Long live 'Negro'
I let Black History Month slide by this year without writing anything about it. I am so over celebrating firsts or reprising triumphal narratives. But news from last month did suggest that we may need a black history lesson — one that goes...Tags: Arts and Culture, Crime, Law and Justice, Slavery, The New York Times, Spain
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What's a fair salary for city managers?
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsTempers boiled at Tuesday night's City Commission meeting in Herington. "Are you being surly?" Bart Hinkle, one of the leading protestors, asked at one point during the meeting as City Attorney Brad Jantz was explaining points of City Manager Ron...Tags: 2010 Census, Demographics, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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Memorial planned for animals used in laboratory experiments
L.A. NOWMemorial for animals killed in experiments: Animal rights activists said they planned to hold a memorial Saturday evening for hundreds of animals they charge were “tortured and killed” in cruel laboratory experiments conducted at UCLA.... -
Population growth is threat to other species, poll respondents say
Nearly two-thirds of American voters believe that human population growth is driving other animal species to extinction and that if the situation gets worse, society has a "moral responsibility to address the problem," according to new national public...
Tags: Wildlife, Politics, Demographics, Global Change, Endangered Species
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U.S. corn yields growth dependent on adoption of new production practices
ST. LOUIS - Increasing plant population density will be critical to growing yields in U.S. corn production, but increasing this density will be dependent on the economics farmers face as they seek to increase yields, according to a new report released...Tags: Demographics
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Rural SD quietly shrinking
When the Webster and Britton-Hecla school districts decided to switch to nine-man football because enrollment had dropped too low to field 11-man teams, it was a sobering reminder of population decline in rural areas. While Brown County has managed...
Tags: Craig Johnson, Demographics, South Dakota State University, United States Census Bureau, Business
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Study: Almost half of South Florida children live in low-income homes
Sun SentinelAlmost half of South Florida's children are growing up in or near poverty, a new study shows. More than half a million kids under 18 in Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties live in low-income households that earn up to 200 percent of the...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Palm Beach County, Demographics, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, United States Census Bureau
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Kentucky Redistricting battle likely later than sooner
dbrock@amnews.comFRANKFORT — The Kentucky House is moving ahead with plans that could change how area voters are represented in state government, but leaders in the Senate are still content to put off legislative redistricting until 2014. Democratic House...Tags: 2010 Census, Politics, Tom Buford, Crime, Law and Justice, Demographics
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